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by then, america will see the same place leading the nation out of its decline. the industry is rebounding and new business is blossoming. of place applying the highest standards of conduct and accountability in its public arena. especial place called indiana to which the bright enterprising young creative are gravitating. it is not enough to stay off the reef. it is our duty and our golden opportunity to set ourselves and man the helmet away that separates indiana from a leaking fleet and carries the first and fastest into the sunnier season ahead. god bless this assembly and this great state. [applause] >> this joint session is adjourned. >> next week president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress laying out his future for the country and its plan to deal with issues like unemployment, health care in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27th at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> now our discussion on google books and the book did it is asian program. we will hear from the manager of google books and med
by then, america will see the same place leading the nation out of its decline. the industry is rebounding and new business is blossoming. of place applying the highest standards of conduct and accountability in its public arena. especial place called indiana to which the bright enterprising young creative are gravitating. it is not enough to stay off the reef. it is our duty and our golden opportunity to set ourselves and man the helmet away that separates indiana from a leaking fleet and...
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i want to make sure we do not forget about satellite, because there are parts of america that did nothing but satellite. we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who have that as their only option. >> your comments echo the comments made by the white house yesterday. the administration basically said that there is more need for competition. i would love to hear you talk more about what you see as competitiveness today, if there is not enough. how should the commission considered reconsider the fact that the biggest wireless players are the biggest distributor use of internet access? >> you can i have enough competition. at some point the markets can become saturated, but i do not think that is the case with broadbent. if you have a robust competitive marketplace, it obviates the need for regulation on so many different levels. if you have one player acting in an anti-competitive way, from the consumer's perspective, then presumably consumers would have more choices. there has been discussion of spectrum audits. that would be a great idea, as long as we understan
i want to make sure we do not forget about satellite, because there are parts of america that did nothing but satellite. we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who have that as their only option. >> your comments echo the comments made by the white house yesterday. the administration basically said that there is more need for competition. i would love to hear you talk more about what you see as competitiveness today, if there is not enough. how should the...
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in china, they're not interested in your father's column discover america political for freedom. there is 1.3 billion chinese that went through what they want and the lessons of their culture so, you young man sitting there, trying to bring the cold war phenomenon divided in groups, freedoms and restrictions, so on and so forth. it is 21st century. >> host: will get a response. thank you for the call. >> guest: the first thing to understand is that technically google was operating its own site within china. google.cn. cn is for china, the chinese national domain registry. the reason they chose to do that in 2006 was because the google.com website that most americans will go to what they want to search something was often been blocked or censored. so they went into china and they worked with the chinese government to establish the google.cn domain and they've been targeting and tailoring their content to the chinese market. and i think that they have become fairly successful at doing that, particularly within a coveted demographic elite that's got money to spend, that can respond
in china, they're not interested in your father's column discover america political for freedom. there is 1.3 billion chinese that went through what they want and the lessons of their culture so, you young man sitting there, trying to bring the cold war phenomenon divided in groups, freedoms and restrictions, so on and so forth. it is 21st century. >> host: will get a response. thank you for the call. >> guest: the first thing to understand is that technically google was operating...
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and then i think it really speaks the fact that it can affect every aspect of life here in america or throughout the world. but you're absolutely right. there is that too, depending on what study what you become and 95% some kind of broadband penetration. people can argue to whether or not the speed are fast enough or big enough to accommodate the latest cutting-edge applications, the soft whir, to go through those pipes. 92% of the country is penetrated by cable plants, for instance. that can be upgraded to maybe 100 makes per second merely by adoption of the software. there is a lot more to it and technical issues associated with it. so we could get the country wired up to 100 makes or 92% of the country just through that. we want to see more competition. i think since i've come to the commission that really started to focus on the construction of new delivery platforms, via fiber co. asked for wireless and other technologies as well. and i think where there is the most promise right now is an wireless. wireless broadband is the fastest-growing segment of the broadband market. it's
and then i think it really speaks the fact that it can affect every aspect of life here in america or throughout the world. but you're absolutely right. there is that too, depending on what study what you become and 95% some kind of broadband penetration. people can argue to whether or not the speed are fast enough or big enough to accommodate the latest cutting-edge applications, the soft whir, to go through those pipes. 92% of the country is penetrated by cable plants, for instance. that can...
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of bank of america, which is a newshour underwriter. >> i want all of you and the american people to know that i fully understand and appreciate the gravity of the crisis that we are now just coming through. we are grateful for the courage shown by government leaders to take bold and unprecedented action to preserve the financial system. >> holman: but the executives also defended their firms' bonus and compensation practices, which have drawn the ire of president obama, members of congress, and the public. commissioner heather murren, a retired merrill lynch director, pressed goldman sachs chief executive lloyd blankfein on the issue. goldman is expected to award billions of dollars in bonuses next week. >> how can you reconcile these things, given what's going on in the country economically? and do you feel that your compensation adequately reflects your firm's behaviors, what the standards of the times are? >> if you look at the history of our compensation, the compensation always correlated with the results of the firm, as it did last year. >> holman: blankfein noted that he and
of bank of america, which is a newshour underwriter. >> i want all of you and the american people to know that i fully understand and appreciate the gravity of the crisis that we are now just coming through. we are grateful for the courage shown by government leaders to take bold and unprecedented action to preserve the financial system. >> holman: but the executives also defended their firms' bonus and compensation practices, which have drawn the ire of president obama, members of...
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six unemployed people for every job opening in america right now. that means no matter how hard we pushed them, there may not be a job for them. businesses need to create those jobs. they did not see many sales, not a great future for the employee, and the employee needs to pay for their own way. you will not hire anyone who is going to cost more than they earn. there is much more that we can do in terms of job training, coaching, getting people off of unemployment benefits. right now people are on unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks. that is unheard of. until there are actual jobs out there to get, it is hard to see what else we can do. we need to encourage businesses to create these jobs. host: president obama will be speaking in maryland today as he tours a labor-management apprentice facility. he will make remarks on clean energy. for the rest of 2010, give us the scope of the president's efforts in this job creation area? guest: de no politically this is one of the biggest issues they had. maybe terrorism could be bigger. foremost, the job
six unemployed people for every job opening in america right now. that means no matter how hard we pushed them, there may not be a job for them. businesses need to create those jobs. they did not see many sales, not a great future for the employee, and the employee needs to pay for their own way. you will not hire anyone who is going to cost more than they earn. there is much more that we can do in terms of job training, coaching, getting people off of unemployment benefits. right now people...
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i want to the make sure we don't forget about satellite because there are parts of america that just get nothing else but that. and it has limitations, satellite technology does, but we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who are, have that as their only option as well. >> host: your comments actually echo some comments made by the white house and the obama administration yesterday in comments filed to the fcc through the department of justice as well as from the ntia in a letter where the administration basically said that there is more need for competition, and you're talking about competition. i would love to hear you talk a little bit more as what you see as the competitive landscape today if there's not enough, and your thoughts on wireless. you mentioned something that was very much stressed by the administration yesterday and how the commission should consider the fact that the biggest wireless players are also the biggest distributer of fixed wire internet access, at&t and verizon. >> guest: well, you can't have enough competition. at some point m
i want to the make sure we don't forget about satellite because there are parts of america that just get nothing else but that. and it has limitations, satellite technology does, but we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who are, have that as their only option as well. >> host: your comments actually echo some comments made by the white house and the obama administration yesterday in comments filed to the fcc through the department of justice as well as from...
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we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i do not want to make any final conclusions. while government policy has been to encourage home ownership, and that is something that we will be looking at in february, but i think there are a lot of other factors beyond that that caused the crisis of the severity we are currently experiencing. host: jim from michigan. good morning. caller: i agree to these banks and ratings agencies are partially to blame. the previous caller mentioned the community reinvestment act. if you look at the he pollution -- evolution of that act under the bush administration, and then fannie and freddie
we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i...
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it is a cross section of america. our opportunities as a party right now is to open our arms and welcome people who want to be part of what we think is a principled leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and in power people and engage in a different way than what we see happening right now in washington. so i reached out my hand as the national chair and say we are fighting the same cause. we are fighting about the same principles of free markets, free enterprise, lower taxes, competitive marketplace where america stands strong with its head looking to the future and not trying to tell a tale to those who do not have our best interest in mind, and i think with that kind of a message following it up with action where we follow-through and act on those kind of things and make sure we control the spending in washington that we will work its influence and businesses and daily lives, then i think we will turn a very important corner. >> host: is that -- part me -- part of the national platform you
it is a cross section of america. our opportunities as a party right now is to open our arms and welcome people who want to be part of what we think is a principled leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and in power people and engage in a different way than what we see happening right now in washington. so i reached out my hand as the national chair and say we are fighting the same cause. we are fighting about the same principles of free markets, free enterprise, lower...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. lynn stanton is a senior editor with telecommunications reports. could you tell us what it is really? >> we have been publishing since 1934, everything that affects carriers. >> mr. cohen, you mentioned that you are concerned about the concentration of power and you have already raised red flags, from your perspective, on the comcast-nbc potential conflict. >> we are concerned about that language of putting contact -- content and that work together. -- content and network together. the ideal world would distinguish between content and the pipe. right now, there are huge differences in price points in terms of delivering content. right now, in terms of the cable companies, particularly comcast, who we have a lot of respect for, we would be very worried about what happens to content they do not own versus content they do on. our concern is what happens to the content with this merger, not so much just what happens to the jobs. if a higher and higher percentage of content is owned by a c
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. lynn stanton is a senior editor with telecommunications reports. could you tell us what it is really? >> we have been publishing since 1934, everything that affects carriers. >> mr. cohen, you mentioned that you are concerned about the concentration of power and you have already raised red flags, from your perspective, on the comcast-nbc potential conflict. >> we are concerned about that language of...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication cans workers of america. this program was taped in december 2009. >> host: and this week on "the communicators" larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america. also here to join in the questioning, lynn stanton, senior editor with telecommunications reports. mr. cohen, if you could very briefly, give us a snapshot of the communication workers of america. >> guest: cwia, as we call it, is 700,000 women and men most of whom work in the communications field, could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on networks. and we also have several hundred thousand retired members who remain active in many ways. so we're in every state, we're 10,000 in canada including the canadian broadcasting company. active members. interested in their world. >> host: what sort of organizations or what companies do they work for, do your members work for? >> about a thousand different companies, largest are companies like at&t and general electric and verizon and comcast and "t
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication cans workers of america. this program was taped in december 2009. >> host: and this week on "the communicators" larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america. also here to join in the questioning, lynn stanton, senior editor with telecommunications reports. mr. cohen, if you could very briefly, give us a snapshot of the communication workers of america. >> guest: cwia, as we call it, is...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america appeared this was taped in december 2009. >> host: in this week on "the communicators," larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america, also here to join in the question, lynn stand-in patella wit "communications reports." >> guest: most of whom work in the communications field. could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on some networks. we also have several hundred thousand retired members who remain active in many ways. so we are in every state. we are 10,000 counting including the cato burke institute. active members. >> host: what sort of organizations or companies do they work for -- to the members work for? >> guest: about a thousand different countries like at&t and general a wreck and verizon, comcast, "the new york times" and many of the newspapers of the news agencies. post goes to when it comes to policy matters, mr. cohen, what are some of the major areas of concern that you concentrate on with cwa. >> host: the internet you trust. right n
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america appeared this was taped in december 2009. >> host: in this week on "the communicators," larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america, also here to join in the question, lynn stand-in patella wit "communications reports." >> guest: most of whom work in the communications field. could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on some...
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. >> next, a conversation on corporate lobbying and government relations. we'll hear from a microsoft lobbyist at this hour and 20 minute event hosted by american university's public affairs and advocacy institute. >> oh, welcome back to the public affairs advocacy institute. i want to say members of this class are becoming famous on c-span. we're getting all kinds of emails about some of you but i won't tell you which ones. i'm getting some positive emails about the class and a lot of people are enjoying it. and i like that very much. it's sometimes hard for our speakers to do c-span 'cause they leave out all the good jokes. but with ed ingle, i don't think that's going to be a problem. he's always entertaining. >> i'm a big joke in and of itself. [laughter] >> he's always entertaining and wise.
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it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero but he gave voice to the profound yearnings in the heart of america. in my lifetime, no non-jewish leader with the possible exception of franklin roosevelt had the moral quality that martin luther king had with my jewish community. my personal experience was i was at a convention of rabbis, i'm not a rabbi. martin luther king sent a telegram to the convention "i need you tomorrow." in st. augustine, florida. we didn't even know where that was. we need you tomorrow. because we're challenging segregation in public facilities. 17 people were on a plane first thing in the morning. i was
it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero...
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all the news in america is about what went wrong, you know? the old saw about bad news travels halfway around the world before good news gets its shoes on. almost nobody has any interest in saying let's broadcast good news all day. the good news is with respect to oil, last year for the first year in a long, long, long time, america actually increased its production of oil. we've been on this declining path. no more. last year we increased the production of oil. part of that comes from a formation in my part of the country called the bakken shale. it is unbelievably complicated what we have done but our country has learned -- and we are leaders in this technology -- to go sploi and get oil from formations that five, eight, ten years ago you couldn't get oil from. there's up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil in something called the bakken formation. 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil using today's technology. they go down two miles with the drilling rig, drill down two miles, do a big curve and then drill out two miles. with one rig, they're go
all the news in america is about what went wrong, you know? the old saw about bad news travels halfway around the world before good news gets its shoes on. almost nobody has any interest in saying let's broadcast good news all day. the good news is with respect to oil, last year for the first year in a long, long, long time, america actually increased its production of oil. we've been on this declining path. no more. last year we increased the production of oil. part of that comes from a...
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caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of our government at that time was totally silenced. also we should be careful of google's reputation. what took them so long? they have been going along. it because they got caught pirated books? host: marie, thank you for the call. she asks, what took them so long? guest: i think what took them so long as they had done a three- year experiment in china to decide whether they can make that market compatible with their company values. i think this was essentially the last straw for them when they realized the chinese government was n
caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of...
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of commons. up next, a look at the past two decades. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. >> on november 21st, 1989, the british house of commons opened its doors to television cameras and broadcast its proceedings. up next, we'll look at some of the debate from the day and hear how televising the house of commons made an impact on the public's view of the british parliament for 20 years. >> order. the question is, that all members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the united kingdom to make their election for which of the places they will serve within one week after it
go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of...
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where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a cold year for most americans and this weekend is no exception. a deep-freeze is forecast to engulf virtually all of the continental united states overnight. the south is particularly ill prepared for such bone chilling weather. mark strassmann is in atlanta tonight. mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was 12 degrees outside here first thing this morning, but with the windchill it felt like one degree above zero, very unsouthern but remember every state but hawaii has been experiencing freezing temperatures, it is just that some people fee
where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a...
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major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life bank of america >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. toyota. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the exodus from haiti's shattered capital kept building today. aid officials reported 200,000 haitians have fled port-au- prince. the government talked of setting up vast new tent cities. and an 84-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble, after ten days. margaret warner talked earlier today with jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-au- prince. >> warner: jay newton small, thank you for joining us. we are hearing reports of tens of thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands of haitians fleeing the city. what have you seen? >> i have certainly seen that. the p
major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life bank of america >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. toyota. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like...
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>> wages have not risen in america since 1972 so it's not just the last ten years. we've lost the last 40 years. what we need to do is get the economy going. and the way that we do that is cut spending. harding did it in the 20's. we haven't done it since. the increase government programs and continue to spend money on the war and spend money on the entitlement plans. these things draw money from the private sector into the public sector and year after year after year we see the public sector borrowing. we see people not getting real wage increases. that is what is going on. until people are willing to cut spending, cut entitlements and stop going to the war around the world, which is extremely, extremely expensive, we are not to fix this economy. there is no way, shape or form. we have jobs in government, and number of bureaucracies of the government, we have wasteful spending up in government and nobody is holding them accountable. somebody needs to stop the war. somebody needs to hold back the entitlement programs and somebody needs to give the money back to the
>> wages have not risen in america since 1972 so it's not just the last ten years. we've lost the last 40 years. what we need to do is get the economy going. and the way that we do that is cut spending. harding did it in the 20's. we haven't done it since. the increase government programs and continue to spend money on the war and spend money on the entitlement plans. these things draw money from the private sector into the public sector and year after year after year we see the public...
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the united states of america will also force the partnerships that this undertaking demands. we'll partner with the haitian people, that includes the government of haiti, which needs our support, as they recover from the devastation of this earthquake. it also includes the manyç haitian americans who are determined to help their friends and family. and i have asked vice president biden to meet in south florida this weekend with members of the haitian american community and will responders who are mobilizing to help the haitian people. we will partnerçç with the un nations and its dedicated personnel and peacekeepers, especiallyç those from brazil o are already on the ground due to their outstanding peacekeeping efforts there. i want to say that our hearts go out to the united nations which has experienced one of the greatest losses in its history. we have no doubt that we can carry on the work that was done by so many of the u.n. effort that had been lost, and we see that theirç legacy is haiti's hope for the future. we will partner with other nations and organizati
the united states of america will also force the partnerships that this undertaking demands. we'll partner with the haitian people, that includes the government of haiti, which needs our support, as they recover from the devastation of this earthquake. it also includes the manyç haitian americans who are determined to help their friends and family. and i have asked vice president biden to meet in south florida this weekend with members of the haitian american community and will responders who...
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i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from enron. now they are calling a a roil, but it is really a gate to keep people out. are there any programs? this company was identified. i want to bring this to the united states. this is not about money for me. this is about bringing jobs. he should have a right to work. >> let me respond. >> is there any federal program that can help me? i just want to borrow the money to create this factory and create these jobs. >> i do not know about the particular situation, so i will speak generally to it. if you want to get one of my team your card, they can follow up
i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from...
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and we need to protect america's waters. i can't believe i'm standing here in the year 2010 saying we need clean water. but that's precisely what i'm saying. because although we have made under the clean water act tremendous progress on point sources, on the contamination that comes out of pipes, we have to address nonpoint source contamination. what happens when it rains? when rainwater flows over our lawns and over our streets, over our parking lots? over our agricultural operations and over in our animal feeding operations and into the drain and into our surface water. sometimes it contaminates our water. and probably nowhere where it's available in the chesapeake bay and there's an executive order to hold us accountable to short term milestone to really improve the chesapeake bay. next, we'll focus on expanding our conversations on environmentalism and on environmental justice. i just left our department's martin luther king day ceremony. and it's always interesting to hear how all the issues that he fought for come down
and we need to protect america's waters. i can't believe i'm standing here in the year 2010 saying we need clean water. but that's precisely what i'm saying. because although we have made under the clean water act tremendous progress on point sources, on the contamination that comes out of pipes, we have to address nonpoint source contamination. what happens when it rains? when rainwater flows over our lawns and over our streets, over our parking lots? over our agricultural operations and over...
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this was felt over towards cuba, virgin islands and even reports of northern portions of south america. this was a strong system. those aftershocks range from 5.9 to 5.1. 5.9 can do significant damage. when one comes in at 7.0, that's a big problem. here's the satellite imagery, dry conditions and high temperatures climbing into the lower 30s with low temperatures in the 20s. that's the good news. favorable weather over the next three days. back over to you. you really feel for the peechl people of haiti. >> absolutely, the dead of night there and obviously a difficult, difficult time. thank you so much. appreciate it. once again, we want to show you some of the latest pictures from rut gerz showing the scenes of destruction at port-au-prince hit by he a 7.0 earthquake rocking the city. associated press reporters and photographers on the scene describe the city as devastated. many major landmarks have been affect affected, but most importantly, of course, the people. some 2 million people living crammed into this city in shanty towns and the like struggling now in the night to survive.
this was felt over towards cuba, virgin islands and even reports of northern portions of south america. this was a strong system. those aftershocks range from 5.9 to 5.1. 5.9 can do significant damage. when one comes in at 7.0, that's a big problem. here's the satellite imagery, dry conditions and high temperatures climbing into the lower 30s with low temperatures in the 20s. that's the good news. favorable weather over the next three days. back over to you. you really feel for the peechl...
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three of the top eight places for jobs in america are in one state -- nebraska. they are platte county, madison county. there is more good news. the latest u.s. census bureau estimated that nebraska's population growth in 2009 compared to the national growth rate was our best performance in nearly 50 years. nebraska is and the move in typical nebraska fashion, making deliberate, discipline, steady, and responsible growth. however, the next 12 to 18 months will be a time of uncertainty for our economy. historical a as the national economy begins to recover, state tax revenues began to lag behind. to build on the progress of the past few years, it will be critical that we solve any additional revenue shortfalls by remaining committed to reducing spending, preventing any future tax increases is crucial to continuing nebraska's economic progress. tax increases are job killers, not job creators. whether it is a special session or a regular to -- regular legislative session, i will oppose any attempt to increase income or sales taxes on nebraskans. the second key eleme
three of the top eight places for jobs in america are in one state -- nebraska. they are platte county, madison county. there is more good news. the latest u.s. census bureau estimated that nebraska's population growth in 2009 compared to the national growth rate was our best performance in nearly 50 years. nebraska is and the move in typical nebraska fashion, making deliberate, discipline, steady, and responsible growth. however, the next 12 to 18 months will be a time of uncertainty for our...
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okay. >> i am rosann with the voice of america. back to copenhagen and the agreement, the president's head of state agreement versus the protocol agreement. what is the way forward? do you expect this agreement, you mentioned a little bit but how is the process for a global treaty to move forward, do you expect to move forward and how would this agreement that came out of the last 24 hours of it, what would be perhaps voted into it? >> rosann i'm going to respond to that briefly and ask my colleague who runs the international climate program if he wants to add anything. thye can't make predictions, but it seems likely that there will be an effort to convene the major emitters in some way and to flesh out what the declaration means and to discuss how to move it forward. but, there are pieces of it that really need to be implemented through actions of the conference of parties, to the convention. in fact there are specific references from the declaration back to the conference of party so some of it is going to have to feed back into
okay. >> i am rosann with the voice of america. back to copenhagen and the agreement, the president's head of state agreement versus the protocol agreement. what is the way forward? do you expect this agreement, you mentioned a little bit but how is the process for a global treaty to move forward, do you expect to move forward and how would this agreement that came out of the last 24 hours of it, what would be perhaps voted into it? >> rosann i'm going to respond to that briefly and...
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. >> your first book, invasion, how america still welcomes terrorist, criminals and other foreign ministers. you detail some of the deficiencies. >> no question about it. it wasn't just about illegal immigration. it is hyper focused on the southern border. that is a huge issue but not the only issue when it comes to treating immigration as a natural security concern. the state department was the weak link in the homeland security situation and the episode certainly highlights that. you have a bottom mentality of handing out visas blindly to anyone and everyone who asks. those officials do not have a war footing. they did not have a war footing during the bush did ministration and prior to september 11th. if you're going to hand out a temporary business visa they should have business other than plotting to kill americans on american soil. the christmas bomber, you have a case where even absent the intelligence information that we apparently had in the fall and in august about abdul, absent that specific information about his radical muslim aspirations he fit a certain profile. he was young,
. >> your first book, invasion, how america still welcomes terrorist, criminals and other foreign ministers. you detail some of the deficiencies. >> no question about it. it wasn't just about illegal immigration. it is hyper focused on the southern border. that is a huge issue but not the only issue when it comes to treating immigration as a natural security concern. the state department was the weak link in the homeland security situation and the episode certainly highlights that....
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. -- america. i'm an independent who voted for scott brown and i responded to his message pretty much of stop the madness. what i'm seeing now is really frightening me because as soon as he won, you saw the big machines starting to move into place -- the media machines, political machines. you see late night talk-show host trashing him and making fun of him, and those clips being replayed over and over. give the man a chance. i think the people of massachusetts responded to this message and as soon as his message, stop the madness, got him elected now you see people putting spin. the republican leadership trying to exploit his win, the democratic leadership reviling his win and trying to explain it away. you see all the pundits -- it letterman, olbermann, and the republican side, glenn beck, making fun of them. give him a chance, i am pleading with people. thank you so much. go, scott brown. host: "the new york times" reported that john boehner has hired a former top adviser to the house republican
. -- america. i'm an independent who voted for scott brown and i responded to his message pretty much of stop the madness. what i'm seeing now is really frightening me because as soon as he won, you saw the big machines starting to move into place -- the media machines, political machines. you see late night talk-show host trashing him and making fun of him, and those clips being replayed over and over. give the man a chance. i think the people of massachusetts responded to this message and as...
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and it tanks not only for wall street but for the rest of america as well. i think that's very telling as to whether wherethis administration is going to bring us with wall street and well. >> woodruff: what do you think the tanking of the market represents? who do you think is talking? >> i think it's responding to what the administration is propose. the secretary said he wants stability, and youd i and youd p with a great question, saying the market looks for stability in the marketplace, and will this do this? and he missed the answer-- or he didn't give an answer. the market would want stability if they know what the game plan is, they know what the rules are today, and they can live with them and go forward. well, we saw the administration come out early on in this year, the spring or summer of this year, with their white paper saying this is what we want to do. i was at the white house, when they rolled it out. i got a copy of it, read through it. that was the entire game plan. we've been working on this from june, july, august, september, october, nov
and it tanks not only for wall street but for the rest of america as well. i think that's very telling as to whether wherethis administration is going to bring us with wall street and well. >> woodruff: what do you think the tanking of the market represents? who do you think is talking? >> i think it's responding to what the administration is propose. the secretary said he wants stability, and youd i and youd p with a great question, saying the market looks for stability in the...
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that is reforming health care and health insurance here in america. [applause] believe me, i know how big of a lift this has been. i see the polls. i get 40,000 letters every day and i read a stack of them each night. i catch the occasional blog post or cable clip that breathlessly declares what something means for a political party without talking much about what it means for a country. i know that the virtues of this legislation for americans with insurance and americans without it have been entirely obscured by fear and distraction. but i also know what happens once we get this done, once we sign this law -- sign this bill into law. the american people will suddenly learn that this bill does things they like and doesn't do things people have been trying to say it does. the worst fears will prove groundless and the american people's hope for a fair shake on their insurance company for quality, affordable health care they need will finally be realized. this year alone, this reform will bend some of the worst practices of the insurance industry foreve
that is reforming health care and health insurance here in america. [applause] believe me, i know how big of a lift this has been. i see the polls. i get 40,000 letters every day and i read a stack of them each night. i catch the occasional blog post or cable clip that breathlessly declares what something means for a political party without talking much about what it means for a country. i know that the virtues of this legislation for americans with insurance and americans without it have been...
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that is not the america i thought it was. wit i moved to boston, died rented a cabin from a rich landlord in one day he asked me, what do i think about america? i said, i am not impressed. [applause] he was so angry. he was so upset. i didn't realize how upset he was. he said, why? i said because you have so many-- but at the same time so many homeless, so many hungry people. at the end of the year, he asked me to move, right? and this guy had a daughter who was my son's age. and my son was six years old at the time. they had a 4-year-old boy and his name was edward. he would say, i don't like dongping. i always wondered why he didn't like me. i didn't do anything to him. i figured that maybe that was what his father taught at home. i hated rich people he said. he said, i have a problem with rich people. and yes, i do. if there are poor people-- i don't think rich people should have that much. i added students this summer and he took a class with me, i told you a classic about third world countries. he struggled with me from
that is not the america i thought it was. wit i moved to boston, died rented a cabin from a rich landlord in one day he asked me, what do i think about america? i said, i am not impressed. [applause] he was so angry. he was so upset. i didn't realize how upset he was. he said, why? i said because you have so many-- but at the same time so many homeless, so many hungry people. at the end of the year, he asked me to move, right? and this guy had a daughter who was my son's age. and my son was six...
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. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and everything else. you've seen the push that came because of the internet and the digital revolution. and now we're looking for what's going to be the evening inof the driver of a new creativity. >> reporter: the creative mind and more. where america stands starting this sunday morning. >> osgood: creativity takes many forms. there's a school of art that you could call beetle mania. january blackstone this morning meets its star practitioner. >> i was phobic of insects growing up. the first half of my life i could not stay far enough away from bugs. >> r
. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and...
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yes, texas is the best state in america. it is not going to be the best state that creates jobs in the future if we do not lower the burden on business. we definitely lost more jobs in texas this year than we gained. we've lost 300,000 jobs in texas alone-year. that is not a record to be proud of. our unemployment rate is higher than every state in the surrounding area. i think the government -- governor talks about how good things are in texas and texas is the greatest day in america, but if we do not deal with the problems in this state, which are not going to remain the best state in america. hiding from it is not the way to make it better. >> as we move through the night, if you want to talk about what people say to create jobs, we can do that. >> cut business expenses. if you are adding business expenses, like the governor is, they are not going to create jobs. lowering taxes at the federal jobs, we're all thinking the same thing. >> i think it is important to point out that we have lost jobs all those jobs government -
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still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate almost as much as their love of capitalism. peaceful switzerland hasn't fought a war in almost two centuries, but it was a really battle here reforming health care. >> it was controversial. it is still controversial. >> reporter: the law finally approved in the 1994 national referendum guaranteed health care for everyone by requiring everyone to have insurance. it amounted to a law recognizing health care as a human right, says former swiss president ruth dreyfuss. >> everybody has really the right to receive the medical care they need from birth to the death. >> reporter: t
still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate...
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it's in america's national security interests to do so. i'm going to close with a story of one woman whose wife was transformed by the work by people do every single day. caroline is a young woman from the democratic republic of congo. who, for years, into her deschenes and ostracism caused by obstetric fistula. eventually, she found her way to a clinic supported by the un population fund. and she finally received the surgery, care and emotional support she needed to heal. then she started speaking out about her experience, to fight the stigma and to let other women know that even in isolated places, treatment is possible. her message has traveled the world. two years ago, she came to washington and urged members of congress to support maternal health programs worldwide. and today, the united states is proud, once again, to support the work of the un population fund. but one advocate, even ones with such passion and commitment, can only do so much. everywoman everywhere deserves high quality care. not only in her most vulnerable hour, but
it's in america's national security interests to do so. i'm going to close with a story of one woman whose wife was transformed by the work by people do every single day. caroline is a young woman from the democratic republic of congo. who, for years, into her deschenes and ostracism caused by obstetric fistula. eventually, she found her way to a clinic supported by the un population fund. and she finally received the surgery, care and emotional support she needed to heal. then she started...
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why not if it is worthless, what jonathan hone ig says could happen in america sooner than anyone things, what he says can be done to stop the insanity, that and brenda and bulls and bears set a high bar. >> predictions! predictions! predictions! predictions! >> and our "cashin' in" crew is ready to do one better. a shocking prediction about where the dow will be one year from today down to the decimal point, your money, your life, your show, to stay ahead of the game, "cashin' in," starts right now! >> here come the jobs. the new study showing a third of the nation's employers are planning to hire in the new year. but that is not stopping the but, lawmakers from still pushing a $150 billion jobs bill. do we need it? hello, i'm cheryl ka sony and welcome to "cashin' in," wayne rogers, jonathan hone ig, jonas max ferris and tracy burns and john wakefield and rob stein, of the astor etf mutual fund and john looks like the job market will fix itself, basically, next year, do you need the huge jobs bill then. >> absolutely not. businesses create jobs, not government. look at what the adminis
why not if it is worthless, what jonathan hone ig says could happen in america sooner than anyone things, what he says can be done to stop the insanity, that and brenda and bulls and bears set a high bar. >> predictions! predictions! predictions! predictions! >> and our "cashin' in" crew is ready to do one better. a shocking prediction about where the dow will be one year from today down to the decimal point, your money, your life, your show, to stay ahead of the game,...
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it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on activism. there are too many needs to be met. too much work to be done. like dr. king said, we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. let us broaden our coalition, building a confederation, not of liberals or conservatives, not red states or blue states, but of all americans who are hurting today. they are searching for a better tomorrow. the urgency of the our demands that we make common cause with all of america's workers, white, black, brown, all of whom are being hammered by this recession. all of whom are yearning for that. sp
it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on...
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so president obama said america will do whatever it takes to defeat the terrorists. cnn senior white house correspondent ed henry is with the president in hawaii. ed, pretty tough words for mr. obama yesterday. >> that's right, brooke. he has been referring to the fact it has been wildly reported that before christmas there had been some air strikes against al qaeda targets in yemen. the u.s. has not claimed responsibility for the air strikes themselves but as the president made clear there and other officials have said, they're very supportive of what the yemeni government is doing their on the ground. in terms of retaliation and potential retaliation for the attempted terror attack on christmas day, the white house does not use the word retaliation. we talked to top aides, and they insist the president is not interested in quote/unquote retaliation for the attack. instead this is just sort of the ongoing effort to fight terrorists there in yemen and i think the fact that general david petraeus, the head of central command, is in yemen today as the president is maki
so president obama said america will do whatever it takes to defeat the terrorists. cnn senior white house correspondent ed henry is with the president in hawaii. ed, pretty tough words for mr. obama yesterday. >> that's right, brooke. he has been referring to the fact it has been wildly reported that before christmas there had been some air strikes against al qaeda targets in yemen. the u.s. has not claimed responsibility for the air strikes themselves but as the president made clear...
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america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print money out of thin air and think everything is going to magically work out. fundamentally, everyone is equal in america, everyone has equal opportunity to earn, produce and build. the fundamentals of a strong economy have got to be applied again as they were like i said in the 80s when reagan faced a worse recession than today let's learn from that piece of american history and apply the same solutions. >> what about health care reform? i assume you want some health care reform, maybe i'm wrong. do we need health care reform? >> of course we do. ris
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harry reid is apologizing to the president and everyone in america. we'll tell you why. >>> winter tragedy in vermont when snowmobiles crashed through a frozen lake. your indoor cat.tdoors r specially formulated to promote hairball control... and healthy weight. friskies indoor wet cat food. feed the senses. friskies indoor wet cat food. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website people love 'em! gecko: yeah, thank you sir. turned out nice. boss: got another one for you. anncr: at geico.com, it's easy to get a free rate quote, manage your policy, make payments or even file a claim! boss: now that's a ringtone. gecko: uh yeah...it's interesting.... certainly not the worst ringtone i've ever heard... ♪ ringtone lyrics: a-ringedy- ding-ding-dingy-dong, ringedy-dong-ding-ding... ♪ gecko (to himself): yeah, that might be the worst. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. get the taste of a home-cooked meal at work with new marie callender's home-style creations-- a delicious meal made fresh from your desk. jus
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america's economy was built on free market enterprise. it was built on these principles that allowed the private sector to grow and thrive and prosper and for our families to keep more of what we earn. where we are now in america in the last 11 months is seeing this reversal of those principles that were applied to build up our economy. all of a sudden we are thinking it is okay to grow debt in our country. it is okay to borrow from countries we will soon be so beholding to. it is okay to print money out of thin air and think everything is going to magically work out. fundamentally, everyone is equal in america, everyone has equal opportunity to earn, produce and build. the fundamentals of a strong economy have got to be applied again as they were like i said in the 80s when reagan faced a worse recession than today let's learn from that piece of american history and apply the same solutions. >> what about health care reform? i assume you want some health care reform, maybe i'm wrong. do we need health care reform? >> of course we do. ris
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only in america at it is a fantastic dream life that i have had in business. knock on wood, somewhere we have not had the kind of reputation the tax effect companies have had where integrity is the hallmark of the company. as we start to take on a new endeavor, there was a time we bought at&t broadband people said you are tripling in size in taking over for at&t, one of the great names, how can you presume to do better than they would do? we ran in the core business suit was easier to answer with certainty but in fairness and i think the conclusion ge came to that this is not a core business. maybe it was 10 years ago but today it is not part of the business is changing and it is a full-time endeavor. getting more deeply involved with cable, and new forms of electronic to distribution is the future of ribisi universal. -- nbc universal and they have competing attention for their funds. i give jeffrey immelt a lot of credits. it starts with the seller. they made a hard decision that maybe it seems easy now but i don't know, to change the direction of their comp
only in america at it is a fantastic dream life that i have had in business. knock on wood, somewhere we have not had the kind of reputation the tax effect companies have had where integrity is the hallmark of the company. as we start to take on a new endeavor, there was a time we bought at&t broadband people said you are tripling in size in taking over for at&t, one of the great names, how can you presume to do better than they would do? we ran in the core business suit was easier to...
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do you think he's doing a good enough job keeping america safe? >> i think that he's doing everything that he can. i think that, you know, democrats, a lot of times get the rap. they are not strong on security and those things. i think he has talked about the issues. i think he has been fighting for the issues. this was an unfortunate situation of what happened over christmas and i think it's a total failure in the communication within the departments, that when you look back all of the instances that are happening it's always to say well, we had everything in place but we didn't pass on the dots weren't connected or something. it's not like the president has done something wrong because he was in hawaii or anything. it's nothing to do with that at all. what it has to do with is simply they didn't connect the dots and within the agencies, within the airport authorities and homeland security and the cia and everyone, they don't connect the dots. we have this problem before we started creating homeland security also here in california where in calif
do you think he's doing a good enough job keeping america safe? >> i think that he's doing everything that he can. i think that, you know, democrats, a lot of times get the rap. they are not strong on security and those things. i think he has talked about the issues. i think he has been fighting for the issues. this was an unfortunate situation of what happened over christmas and i think it's a total failure in the communication within the departments, that when you look back all of the...
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do we currently have a ship atbuilding plan for the united states of america as you know it from the department of defense? >> there is a plan as delineated by the program and the president's budget. >> are you aware that the department of defense was supposed to give the united states congress that shipbuilding plan when they submitted the budget so we could make the same comparison's the admiral talked about were significant in knowing what the chinese had that we were supposed to have a law submitted at the time the budget was submitted? >> is not our intention to ignore any requirements. the question i would ask, mr secretary, if you could supply -- if that shipbuilding plant existed i would submit one law required we get a copy so we could make the same comparison. a congressional inquiry demanding we comply with the law. we still haven't had it. i would ask that you submit for the record the legal justification, refuse to give the united states congress their shipbuilding plan and if you want to submit for the record because i don't have time, how we can legitimately talk about
do we currently have a ship atbuilding plan for the united states of america as you know it from the department of defense? >> there is a plan as delineated by the program and the president's budget. >> are you aware that the department of defense was supposed to give the united states congress that shipbuilding plan when they submitted the budget so we could make the same comparison's the admiral talked about were significant in knowing what the chinese had that we were supposed to...
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they know in germany but not in america and america is where i felt we needed to know it. >> did they say anything to publicly? >> no, they never said anything publicly about being against the there. the president as president and they are soldiers. the president is the commander in chief. >> thank you both for your comments. i wondered if he might though comments what was happening at the united nations at the time of the decision to airlift berlin. it would seem the united nations like so many times when security councilmembers that at odds, just debates and there is no inaction. >> well, the picture that we saw here for a moment of people talking at a table was the soviet ambassador, jake of malika in the american representing announcing the end of it. this is how the airlift ended or the blocade and it. the airlift continued for a while. stalin took neither advise nor questions as far as anyone could tell but american reporters would constantly send of written questions to the kremlin and the hope that stalin said something to say. a man named kingsbury smith it was the chief fore
they know in germany but not in america and america is where i felt we needed to know it. >> did they say anything to publicly? >> no, they never said anything publicly about being against the there. the president as president and they are soldiers. the president is the commander in chief. >> thank you both for your comments. i wondered if he might though comments what was happening at the united nations at the time of the decision to airlift berlin. it would seem the united...
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however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book about you can go through the typical class is that people have, or even the holidays to celebrate. we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learn the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had investors, they were sent here to make a profit, so were the people of jamestown, and they ought to learn that. do we have time for a few more questions? yes, the leedy here. >> my name is emily from england. i would like to say i think that you are a very charming man. but i am quite concerned the rhetoric your skillin
however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book...